My Earthy Painting Process Archives | Wild Ozark™ https://www.wildozark.com/process/ ~ Nature Artist using Ozark pigments in Kingston, Arkansas ~ Tue, 28 Apr 2026 20:22:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/www.wildozark.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-logo-copy.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 My Earthy Painting Process Archives | Wild Ozark™ https://www.wildozark.com/process/ 32 32 55165518 Working on the Owl Painting https://www.wildozark.com/working-on-the-owl-painting/ https://www.wildozark.com/working-on-the-owl-painting/#comments Sun, 12 Apr 2026 17:05:17 +0000 https://www.wildozark.com/?p=46969 New from Wild Ozark™ :

This morning, since it’s dreary outside, I decided to take some time to work on the owl painting. But I found that I didn’t have one of the colors I wanted.

Before I can get started

So, first I had … Read the rest “Working on the Owl Painting”

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]]> https://www.wildozark.com/working-on-the-owl-painting/feed/ 2 46969 Varnishing the Old Shed & Update on Barred Owl painting https://www.wildozark.com/varnishing-the-old-shed/ https://www.wildozark.com/varnishing-the-old-shed/#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2026 18:58:54 +0000 https://www.wildozark.com/?p=46634 New from Wild Ozark™ :

Yesterday I took some video of redbud, dogwood, and sassafras trees in bloom for my Plant Walk class on Skool. Also marked a couple of other things off of my list of things to do including varnishing the Old Shed … Read the rest “Varnishing the Old Shed & Update on Barred Owl painting”

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]]> https://www.wildozark.com/varnishing-the-old-shed/feed/ 2 46634 All for a Rock https://www.wildozark.com/for-a-rock/ https://www.wildozark.com/for-a-rock/#respond Mon, 23 Mar 2026 19:18:15 +0000 https://www.wildozark.com/?p=46598 New from Wild Ozark™ :

The lengths I’ll go to for a rock. Almost got wet in the creek trying to get this rock, but it looks like it’ll be worth the effort when it’s time to make some paint!

Sometimes I get into a … Read the rest “All for a Rock”

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]]> https://www.wildozark.com/for-a-rock/feed/ 0 46598 Barred Owl Painting https://www.wildozark.com/barred-owl-painting/ https://www.wildozark.com/barred-owl-painting/#comments Tue, 17 Mar 2026 16:38:42 +0000 https://www.wildozark.com/?p=46084 New from Wild Ozark™ :

The first painting of 2026 is a barred owl. I’m using a variety of photos I’ve taken in the past because while I like the owl in one of them, I wanted a different background.

I wrote a post a … Read the rest “Barred Owl Painting”

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]]> https://www.wildozark.com/barred-owl-painting/feed/ 1 46084 From Rock to Art https://www.wildozark.com/rock-to-art/ https://www.wildozark.com/rock-to-art/#respond Sun, 15 Feb 2026 15:18:13 +0000 https://www.wildozark.com/?p=46236 New from Wild Ozark™ :

I don’t know if I’ve ever made a post to show the entire path from the point where I pick up a rock to the color of that rock in my paintings. So here it is now, the journey from … Read the rest “From Rock to Art”

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]]> https://www.wildozark.com/rock-to-art/feed/ 0 46236 Open Studio Videos https://www.wildozark.com/open-studio-videos/ https://www.wildozark.com/open-studio-videos/#respond Thu, 29 Jan 2026 22:00:14 +0000 https://www.wildozark.com/?p=46143 New from Wild Ozark™ :

This is an invitation for you to be the fly on the wall in my tiny little art studio/office. I’m posting all of my Open Studio visits at my Skool community, which is free to join.

Subject: Barred Owl
Medium: … Read the rest “Open Studio Videos”

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]]> https://www.wildozark.com/open-studio-videos/feed/ 0 46143 Today’s Progress on the Old Shed https://www.wildozark.com/todays-progress/ https://www.wildozark.com/todays-progress/#respond Sat, 21 Jun 2025 19:11:11 +0000 https://www.wildozark.com/?p=45429 New from Wild Ozark™ :

Here’s an update on today’s progress on the old shed painting. I didn’t have all day to work on it, but at least a few hours.

Time completely slips away once I begin to focus on what I’m doing. It … Read the rest “Today’s Progress on the Old Shed”

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]]> https://www.wildozark.com/todays-progress/feed/ 0 45429 Stay Motivated – Oddly Easy for this Old Shed Painting https://www.wildozark.com/stay-motivated/ https://www.wildozark.com/stay-motivated/#respond Sat, 07 Jun 2025 17:40:15 +0000 https://www.wildozark.com/?p=45385 New from Wild Ozark™ :

My brush hit this canvas for the first time in November 2024. And I’m STILL working on it. On one hand, I’m proud of myself for being able to stay motivated on a single project for this long. I think … Read the rest “Stay Motivated – Oddly Easy for this Old Shed Painting”

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]]> https://www.wildozark.com/stay-motivated/feed/ 0 45385 Ozark Pigment for the Color of Dirt https://www.wildozark.com/ozark-pigment-for-the-color-of-dirt/ https://www.wildozark.com/ozark-pigment-for-the-color-of-dirt/#respond Wed, 04 Jun 2025 15:43:46 +0000 https://www.wildozark.com/?p=45358 New from Wild Ozark™ :

The color of dirt in the Ozarks varies here around Wild Ozark. But the most predominate is a shade of yellow-brown. In some areas there is a darker brown, probably where there is more humus and organic matter. Some of … Read the rest “Ozark Pigment for the Color of Dirt”

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]]> https://www.wildozark.com/ozark-pigment-for-the-color-of-dirt/feed/ 0 45358 Sepia Dreams, But First…the Cedar Problem https://www.wildozark.com/sepia-dreams/ https://www.wildozark.com/sepia-dreams/#respond Tue, 29 Apr 2025 17:40:27 +0000 https://www.wildozark.com/?p=45264 New from Wild Ozark™ :

I’ve been struggling with the cedar trees in my painting. And there’s been a problem with colors in my trees in the middle ground. Most of my paint are variations on sepia.

That’s just because almost all of my … Read the rest “Sepia Dreams, But First…the Cedar Problem”

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